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Eating fish can ease rheumatoid arthritis

People who ate fish at least twice a week reported less tenderness and joint swelling than those who didn’t.

By Editorial September 4, 2017 at 9:00 am

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Eating fish can ease rheumatoid arthritis, according to a recent study in Arthritis Care & Research. Study results showed that 176 subjects who ate fish at least twice a week reported less tenderness and joint swelling than those who didn’t. The study suggested that each serving was linked to lower disease activity and concluded that a higher fish intake may be associated with lower disease activity in people with rheumatoid arthritis but without proof of a causal relationship.

(September 2017)

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